
1 
These Rules may be cited as the Trade Marks (Fees) Rules 1998 and shall come into force on 1st October 1998.
2 
These Rules shall be construed as one with the Trade Marks Rules 1994 and the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996.
3 
The fees to be paid in respect of any matters arising under the Act, the Trade Marks Rules 1994 and the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996 shall be those specified in the Schedule to these Rules; and in any case where a form specified in the Schedule as the corresponding form in relation to any matter is specified in the Trade Marks Rules 1994 or the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996 that form shall be accompanied by the fee, if any, specified in respect of that matter (unless the Rules or the Order otherwise provide).
4 
Where a fee has been paid in error, the registrar shall repay the same; and where a fee is paid in excess of the amount specified hereunder, the registrar shall remit the amount paid in excess.
5 
The Trade Mark (Fees) Rules 1996, except as provided for by rule 5(2), are hereby revoked.
Ian McCartney
Minister of State,
Department of Trade and Industry
9th July 1998
SCHEDULE
Rule 3

(In this Schedule, references to a rule are references to that rule in the Trade Marks Rules 1994 and references to an article are references to that article in the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996.)

Number of corresponding form Item Amount £
TM3 Application for registration of a trade mark (rule 5) or a series of trade marks (rule 21) 200
 Class fee (rule 5), for each class over one 50
 Transformation application (articles 19–20) —
TM3A Application for additional classes following examination of a mark (rule 8(3)), for each additional class 50
TM5 Request to the registrar for a statement of the reasons for his decision (rule 56(2)) 100
TM7 Notice of opposition to the registration of a mark (rule 13(1)), to the amendment of an application (rule 18(2)), or to the amendment of the regulations relating to a certification or collective trade mark (rule 23(4)), to the alteration of a registered trade mark (rule 25(3)), to the removal of matter from the register (rule 39(2)(a)), to the reclassification of a mark from Schedule 3 to Schedule 4 (rule 41(1)) 200
 Notice of opposition on the conferring of protection to the international registration (article 10) 200
TM9 Request for extension of time (rule 62(2)) 50
TM11 Renewal of registration (rule 28) 200
 Class fee for each class over one 50
 Delayed renewal of registration (rule 29(1)) 50
TM12 Request for division of an application (rule 19(1)) 100
TM13 Request for the restoration and renewal of a registration removed from the register for failure to renew (rule 30(1)) 100
TM16 Request to enter details of an assignment (rule 35(1)(a)) 50
TM17 Request to merge either applications or registrations (rule 20(1)) —
TM23 Request by the registered proprietor for the partial surrender of a registered trade mark (rule 26(1)(b)) —
TM24 Application to record or cancel a registrable transaction other than an assignment or licence (rule 35(1)(d)) —
 Application to record or cancel a notifiable transaction (article 6) —
TM26 Request for the revocation or invalidation of a registration (rule 31(1)) 200
 Request for the rectification of a registration (rule 31(1)) —
 Request for the revocation or invalidation of a protected international trade mark (UK) (article 13) 200
 Request for the rectification of the supplementary register (article 15) —
TM28 Recordal of concurrent registration (article 21) —
TM31C Request for information about applications and registered trade marks (rule 42) 20
TM31M Request for information in relation to an international trade mark (UK) (article 25) 20
TM31R Request for certified copy of an entry on the register (rule 37), per certificate 20
TM35 Filing of regulations governing the use of a certification or collective mark (rule 22) 200
TM36 Request to amend regulations governing the use of a certification or collective mark (rule 23(1)) 100
TM50 Application for the registration of a licence under registered trade mark (rule 35(1)(b)) —
 Submission fee for an application for international registration to the International Bureau by the Patent Office (article 22) 40
 Handling fee for the transmission by the Patent Office of monies payable to the International Bureau for renewal of an international registration (article 31) 20
